Author Topic: Forumite spotting (Read 593267 times)

clarion · « **Reply #525 on:** 05 May, 2010, 09:06:35 am »

Always good to meet folk. Darkpoint being a particularly pleasantly sociable type of chap

I was going to put on my yacf jersey this morning in the hope of being spotted (I seem to cross an awful lot of folks' commutes), but I opted for my garish Clarion one instead, which, sadly (in one sense) is still a rare sight on the streets of London (or anywhere

), so I'm not camouflaged in any way.

darkpoint · « **Reply #526 on:** 05 May, 2010, 04:11:24 pm »

The combination of a Caradice and a cycle shirt with your name on did make you rather easy to spot.

Oddly I was just thinking, if I am going to see Clarion, it would be about here, and there you where...

clarion · « **Reply #527 on:** 05 May, 2010, 04:18:17 pm »

I'm so slow I seem to be in the same spots for a long time. Easy to find

Curiously, I did wonder yesterday when I was next going to see you

jellied · « **Reply #528 on:** 07 May, 2010, 08:13:50 am »

Steely faced bent rider heading west this morning in a pursuit race with a 207 bus in Ealing. My money was on Charlotte.

Charlotte · « **Reply #529 on:** 07 May, 2010, 09:24:02 am »

Bright red, low-slung idiotbike? Aye, that was me alright.

TBH, an Optima Baron isn't the ideal London commuting tool, but I'd been a-fettlin' and I wanted to see how it handled.

Fast

clarion · « **Reply #530 on:** 07 May, 2010, 09:27:36 am »

Commuting on that? You are insane, my dear. Beautifully so, but insane.

Wendy · « **Reply #531 on:** 07 May, 2010, 09:31:17 am »

On the contrary, a low racer can be the ultimate commuting machine, depending on your commute of course. It's at a disadvantage in the really tight confined central city spaces with lots of lights and dense traffic, since ducking and diving through multiple lanes of stationary traffic isn't so good. OTOH anywhere that traffic can move, it comes out waaaay ahead of an upright.

clarion · « **Reply #532 on:** 07 May, 2010, 09:32:43 am »

That's certainly true, and, knowing your commute, I think you have the ideal machine, and make the most of it

border-rider · « **Reply #533 on:** 09 May, 2010, 11:52:25 am »

I'm suspecting probably not someone on here, but I was on a bus in Helsinki last week and saw a chap riding a Pompino with full length guards, a Carradice and a Karrimor waterproof. I'm guessing he was British

He looked to be commuting so it'd be someone who lives there, I suppose

PaulF · « **Reply #534 on:** 10 May, 2010, 11:57:45 am »

Quote from: Greenbank on 27 April, 2010, 06:17:07 pm

Were you thinking of this?

Were you going past East Putney tube yesterday afternoon at about 330?

Greenbank · « **Reply #535 on:** 10 May, 2010, 12:07:30 pm »

Quote from: PaulF on 10 May, 2010, 11:57:45 am

Quote from: Greenbank on 27 April, 2010, 06:17:07 pm
Were you thinking of this?

Were you going past East Putney tube yesterday afternoon at about 330?

Nope, didn't get out on the bike yesterday at all. Recovering from Saturday's 200.

Redlight · « **Reply #536 on:** 10 May, 2010, 08:32:04 pm »

anyone confess to being in the blue jersey, on the red fixed with a Carradice rack bag coming out of the City through Bermondsey at about 6.30 tonight? He had such souplesse I thought he had to be one of us

MercuryKev · « **Reply #537 on:** 10 May, 2010, 10:29:56 pm »

I think I saw Kirst on her new bike this morning coming along Milton Road West approx 08:40.

tiermat · « **Reply #538 on:** 11 May, 2010, 12:16:10 pm »

Not a spotting in person, so by proxy, I guess.

In this months Cycling Active (the one with the free DVD of bike maintenance on the front) there is an article about the Tweed Run. The first photo has a picture of the back of Aunty C's head in the background and the article mentions Mikey (not by name, but by description, as the cyclists disrupt his skating lesson)

clarion · « **Reply #539 on:** 11 May, 2010, 12:18:26 pm »

This morning, I wore my Clarion jersey, and rode an extra 10km on roads I don't normally use, including along Embankment. I wasn't spotted

fuzzy · « **Reply #540 on:** 11 May, 2010, 12:35:10 pm »

Quote from: clarion on 11 May, 2010, 12:18:26 pm

This morning, I wore my Clarion jersey, and rode an extra 10km on roads I don't normally use, including along Embankment. I wasn't spotted

Try wearing a King of the Mountains jersey, you'll be spotted then.

Coat- Door- Run

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #541 on:** 11 May, 2010, 12:37:01 pm »

Brief chat with Peliroja on the way in today

peliroja · « **Reply #542 on:** 12 May, 2010, 08:16:51 pm »

Until you left me for dust

jogler · « **Reply #543 on:** 12 May, 2010, 09:09:51 pm »

A bloke on the A34 heading from Stafford to Stone approx. 5 p.m..flat bars,one pannier,yellow jacket.
Gordy?

clarion · « **Reply #544 on:** 12 May, 2010, 09:11:23 pm »

I saw Valiant with a bike this morning. I have it on good authority that he rode it later, which is the first one in a while.

her_welshness · « **Reply #545 on:** 14 May, 2010, 10:58:25 am »

I saw Clarion at around 9.05 this morning on the A3, looking good Clarion

clarion · « **Reply #546 on:** 14 May, 2010, 11:52:24 am »

I was fully loaded, but late for work, so I was giving it some. Red forum jersey, of course.

You should have shouted. I didn't spot you, I'm afraid

her_welshness · « **Reply #547 on:** 14 May, 2010, 01:14:54 pm »

Quote from: clarion on 14 May, 2010, 11:52:24 am

I was fully loaded, but late for work, so I was giving it some. Red forum jersey, of course.

You should have shouted. I didn't spot you, I'm afraid

You were going too fast

I was literally just coming out of Vassall Road onto the southside of the A3 and there were loads of cyclists

clarion · « **Reply #548 on:** 14 May, 2010, 01:17:41 pm »

Quote from: her_welshness on 14 May, 2010, 01:14:54 pm

You were going too fast

That is the most unlikely thing anyone has ever said to me

I may sig it.

her_welshness · « **Reply #549 on:** 14 May, 2010, 01:23:47 pm »

Quote from: clarion on 14 May, 2010, 01:17:41 pm

Quote from: her_welshness on 14 May, 2010, 01:14:54 pm
You were going too fast

That is the most unlikely thing anyone has ever said to me

I may sig it.

No, you were! You were drafting someone at the time...

Author Topic: Forumite spotting (Read 593267 times)

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